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Five miles from the Mass border, ❤️ miles from New Hampshire.

That fiber mesh tape that dry wallers use might be just the ticket. I thought about cutting up the screen from the old airfilter element. So many options, those dang rodents are a bother! And I store the VFR inside my house all winter!

I figured this out today - the guy who sold it to me had the fuel line from the fuel pump hooked up to the plastic air line on the carbs. This explained my fuel leak. The carbs look like they could use a once over so I'm going to rebuild them.

Nice idea....I have plastic sheet stock....tons of rivets too. Probably 8 or 10 ways to do it....

Use the plastic flap for the patch and plastic weld it in place. That's what I did but forgot take pics. Next time ⏲️ ...... iirc someone used some mesh over the openings to keep out 🐁

I'm curious, do you mean lengthen the pipe? or expand the diameter to fit?

Hi all, I’m currently searching for a Staintune exhaust can/muffler to complete my bike setup. If you have one available or know someone who does, please get in touch! Reasonable offers welcome. Willing to pay fair market price depending on condition and model. Thanks in advance!

Hi all, I was thinking about the flexible dashboard PCB that the 5th gen VFR has (not sure about other gens?) Out of curiosity, does anyone know other bikes/vehicles that use this sort of thing? I have a vague idea that maybe some models of Hilux do, but haven't got any concrete info Pic attached for anyone that hasn't seen the back of the 5th gen dashboard before (ignore the red drawings)

New pads and rotor won't need much bedding in as both surfaces should be machined flat. That's a bit different to putting new pads onto an old and dished rotor, where it takes a little time to get the pad to match the contour of the disc. I agree with the previous posters, just ride it.

As V4 Rosso said. You won't get anywhere near the load you're expecting and I bet you'll end up stopping the wheel. I'd just ride it

Marvelous!!

Doesn' t come close. Or you would have to give it a fair amount of throttle at the same time.

Has anyone tried these https://gsg-mototechnik.de/en/gsg-sturzpad-satz-streetline-fuer-honda-vfr-1200-crosstourer-2012/ I have a different version on my 1200F but wondered if anyone had tried this type?

Ok ROOKIE, where in VT are you? I am right outside of Montpelier.... let's ride some time!

The Force is strong in this one.

New garage is taking shape, still lots to sort out the correct place for and need to wire in the battery tenders. CT on the ramp ready for me to start work on her over the next few months. Not intending to ride her any more this year.

If the problem isn't too severe, you might be able to re-route the cables to make them work better. Taking them out of the metal cable guides, for example. Alternatively, longer cables can usually be sourced from "bigger bikes", e.g., ST1100 or the like. Ciao, JZH

The one to aim for...

My 2c. Put on your your gear and ride that thing. What is there to "bed in"? It is a Honda with parts designed for it.

Any joy with the Bandit mirrors? can't find any info about mounting hole spacings, if these are 50mm like 5th Gen, they look like they'll fit, not many 50mm mount mirror about with the right kinda stalk angle that'll suit 5th Gen fairing angle of the dangle.

I installed a new Honda rear rotor on my 2006 non abs VFR. I am using new Brembo HH pads and want to bed them in. Since it is the rear wheel, I was wondering if putting the bike on the center or my pitbull rear stand and doing the ten 30, 40 and 50 mph with no full stops would be equal to doing it on the road. Since the goal is to heat up the pad/rotor surfaces so material transfers and there be no full stop in the process, seems like duplicating the process with the wheel elevated should give the same results. Any thoughts?

Whoa! Due to this very post, I have just achieved ROOKIE status. You all can not believe how hound oured I feel!

dedication awards because I posted three days in a row! That I have participated in the forum more than 47% of all members I'm overwhelmed! It's like grade school soccer all over again!

I would have used gaffer's tape.

OK, It's been a long time and I've tried numerous things, but I still can't figure out this bike. I checked with my temp gun today the exhaust temps at the headers, after running for a few minutes, and wow. The left front cylinder was 550 degrees, right front 140, left rear 248 and right rear 160. I have no idea what is going on.